HMS Saracen (1908)

HMS Saracen was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1908 and sold in 1919. Originally allocated to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, during the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Saracen.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Saracen
Builder:	J S White
Launched:	31 March 1908
Commissioned:	25 June 1908
Fate:	Sold for scrap 1919
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tribal-class destroyer
Length:	255 ft (78 m)
Beam:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught:	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed:	33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament:	2 × 4 in (102 mm) 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Bibliography

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.

External links

• HMS Saracen, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels